The main line of this film is relatively clear, and all clues are pointing to David, a husband who cannot see his true face, and a child who has no sense of belonging.
100 minutes seems like a long time for me. The lighthearted atmosphere of the film is soon overshadowed, and Catherine and David's initial relaxed and sweet life is interrupted by David's father, who succumbs to reality and announces the tragedy unfolding.
David is a person with serious hidden personality, in the camera he can sometimes glimpse a trace of doubt, fleeting fierce light, his shadow comes from the tragic experience of his mother falling to her death when he was a child, he does not really believe in love and family. His world is a forest under the night sky, where it is dark and chaotic, and he can only save himself by treating himself cruelly and treating others.
Catherine, David's daughter-in-law, is at the other extreme, she comes from a civilian background, but her optimistic, open-minded, and vision-for-the-future psychology drives her to walk with David, who looks completely ordinary. At the beginning, life also looks very good, although it is not rich enough, but it can support the sweetness of the two of them.
It wasn't until they returned to New York that David began to help the family business, and Catherine gradually became overwhelmed, her doubts were accumulating, in fact, she didn't understand her beloved husband. It wasn't until the day he forced her to let the child out of her belly that she suddenly realized: "The one I love is gone." ”
The married life requires two people to work hard to maintain. The two also gradually suspected each other, the husband gradually could not tolerate the "free" behavior of his wife all the time, and the wife's fear of her husband was expanding and deforming day by day.
The tone of the work is aimed at David, and although there is no direct shooting screen, the director has clearly told everyone that David killed Catherine without leaving any evidence. David's warm guilt, possessiveness, and hatred of the so-called good things were all vented on that rainy night.
When we see Ivan's bloody neck, we can tell that David has made up his mind, and Catherine, who has been coaxed back, is destined not to escape the fate of death.
I didn't want to say too much about David's incomprehensible behavior, I saw only one scene: the little grocery store they opened in the village (All Good Things) meant everything, whether it was David or Catherine, it was the best place in life. They loved each other so much that their souls were so close to each other that even time hesitated to stop and see this beautiful couple. Unfortunately, time does not stop, and they will eventually come to an end.
Grasp the beauty of the moment and strive to defend it. It is small, fragile, and can disappear with a twist and turn. That's why we're more worthy of our care, rather than wanting to get it and destroying it on the other.